AN OLD ORDER PASSES.
An old order passes in tha history of New Zealand railway construction with the rebuilding of the Mangatewainui viaduct, on the Napier line, which is now about to An Auckland tender has been accjpte'l for the steel piers and superstructure in connection with the contract. In the olden days, when railways had to be constructed through rough country at the rate of £5,000 a mile, funds woulJ not permit of steel and concrete viaducts. The most suitable trees in the vicinity were felled and bridges were constructed from their trunks. Six such viaducts were made, the last one beina formed in the early eighties, • after which, a more expensive age came in. The old viaducts did their work for many years, but time and constant strain began to tell their tale at length, and recently it has become the practice to replace these crude old bridges with modern structures, of more permanent material, at the rate of o:!e each year. The Mangatewainui viaduct is now the last to be superseded. '
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9171, 20 August 1908, Page 4
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174AN OLD ORDER PASSES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9171, 20 August 1908, Page 4
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